Eskil Ronningsbakken: Balancing artist

Eskil Ronningsbakken balancing over a waterfall Photograph: Sindre Lundvold/Barcroft Media

He is standing on an ice block Photograph: Sindre Lundvold/Barcroft Media

Ronningsbakken balancing 1,000 metres over Lysefjorden, in Stavanger. Rough winds added to the extreme nature of this stunt Photograph: Sindre Lundvold/Barcroft Media

Balancing on a chair above the Kjeragbolten rock, which is about 800 metres above the ground Photograph: Sindre Lundvold/Barcroft Media

Ronningsbakken balancing on a steel ring on the side of a 1,000-metre cliff in Kjaerag, Stavanger Photograph: Sindre Lundvold/Barcroft Media

Balancing on a trapeze suspended from a hot air balloon above Voss, in Norway Photograph: Sindre Lundvold/Barcroft Media

A second view of the hot air balloon stunt Photograph: Sindre Lundvold/Barcroft Media

Ronningsbakken balancing on the side of the 800-metre Prekestolen, or Preacher's Chair, in Stavanger Photograph: Sindre Lundvold/Barcroft Media

Balancing on the side of a cliff in Norway as a man points a fake gun at him. This picture was taken as part of an advertising campaign for the Norwegian police about risk-taking Photograph: Sindre Lundvold/Barcroft Media